November Transaction Data from HM Land Registry

HM Land Registry completed more than 1,774,220 applications to change or query the Land Register, while the South East topped the table of regional applications with 408,756.

411,092 were applications to update existing titles compared with 408,685 in October;
834,546 were applications to obtain an official copy of a register compared with 823,267 in October;
238,129 were official searches compared with 226,488 in October; and
30,948 were postal applications from non-account holders, compared with 26,260 in October.

Region/country	September applications	October applications	November applications
South East	372,168	407,148	408,756
Greater London	298,966	329,865	339,086
North West	176,591	195,045	200,475
South West	155,495	168,802	173,351
West Midlands	135,283	145,121	152,816
Yorkshire and the Humber	122,127	135,347	135,373
East Midlands	111,411	120,689	125,846
Wales	76,292	80,938	82,646
North	72,506	82,710	81,197
East Anglia	66,034	74,202	74,499
Isles of Scilly	47	106	92
England and Wales (not assigned)	67	95	86
Total	1,586,987	1,740,068	1,774,223

Top five local authority areas	September applications		October applications		November applications
	Birmingham	23,631	Birmingham	26,232	Birmingham	27,715
	City of Westminster	20,892	City of Westminster	24,087	City of Westminster	23,565
	Leeds	18,076	Leeds	19,895	Leeds	20,137
	Cornwall	16,809	Manchester	17,810	Cornwall	18,823
	Manchester	16,290	Cornwall	17,794	Manchester	18,542